Monthly Archives: June 2014

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Iran sent two battalions of Iranian Revolutionary Guards to help the Iraqi government in its battle against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Not to put too fine a point … Continue reading →

An al-Qaeda splinter group in Iraq seized control of the big northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, putting security forces to flight in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi’ite-led Baghdad government. The capture of the city of some … Continue reading →

The spy agency’s reliance on facial recognition technology has grown significantly over the last four years as the agency has turned to new software to exploit the flood of images included in emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences and other … Continue reading →

Administration officials strongly defended the swap, saying Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s health and safety appeared in danger after five years in captivity. They said they acted to save the life of the only American held by insurgents after the wars … Continue reading →

A bomb attack targeting fans at a football match in Nigeria‘s restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday, a police officer told AFP. “There has been a bomb explosion at a football field this evening and so far … Continue reading →